Welch News

A three-judge panel appointed by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has denied a petition for the removal of McDowell County Magistrate Steve Cox.

A woman was transported to Bluefield Regional Medical Center Monday after driving her vehicle into a creek in McDowell County.

A local woman who was arrested after state troopers investigated a burglary in progress now faces charges including burglary and grand larceny.

The welfare of animals in McDowell County is the goal of an inaugural event which took place Saturday morning.

A McDowell County man, who smelled of alcohol when he was approached by McDowell County sheriff's deputies conducting a traffic stop Thursday night, attempted to flee from the stop, struck a fence and a deputy's cruiser during a pursuit before he was apprehended.

The Waynesboro Police Department has arrested a man and woman after a Sunday afternoon traffic stop escalated to a vehicle pursuit which resulted in a crash and apprehension of a wanted felon.

Troopers with the Welch detachment of the West Virginia State Police are attempting to locate two suspects who were allegedly involved in an incident that occurred late Friday night at a Hemphill residence.

With a reduction in federal aid for transportation projects looming for the states, area supporters of the King Coal Highway and the Coalfields Expressway say they are hopeful that Congress will now be compelled to act on a new long-term federal highway bill.